Posts Tagged ‘encryption’

We keep our computers on lockdown, encrypt our data and secure them from prying eyes and online predators, but what about our backups, what about those external drives? UK-based iStorage has come up with diskAshur2, an updated line of virtually bullet-proof PIN authenticated and hardware encrypted hard drives. So even if the drive was stolen, your data is fully protected.

Digital attacks are becoming an ongoing daily occurrence - thinking about major breaches at Sony, Target and J.P.Morgan. But after several friends and family members were victimized by identity theft, businessman and inventor Vincent Ramoutar realized that not only are our computers vulnerable, but also our mobile devices that we not only use to make calls and send text messages but now also use for on-line shopping and everyday banking.

Encrypting your data is certainly a good way to keep those prying eyes away from confidential, personal and sensitive information. So StarTech has come up with a creative way to easily keep your files, specifically those not located right on your computer safe and secure, especially while you’re on the road.

You’re a medical technician and your laptop just got stolen. It contained samples of about a quarter of a million lab tests for reportable and communicable diseases with identifiable names and personal health numbers. Even worse imagine if your name was one of them.